Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Greg Egan @gregeganSF@mathstodon.xyz

12/26/2025, 8:25:33 AM

Public

This is the weirdest internet glitch I have encountered.

When I access any arxiv dot org abstract page via my home ISP, the page takes about 5 minutes to load. But the corresponding PDF for the same paper takes a second or two, so I’m not experiencing slow access to arxiv dot org in general.

And when I access the abstract pages via my mobile provider, there is no delay. So the problem isn’t anything on the arxiv servers.

Maybe this is Cloudflare, or some other content distribution network, interacting differently with my home and mobile ISPs. But it’s baffling that the (very small) abstract pages ever take so long to load.

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